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Curious about what's been doing on with the Drake and Kendrick Lamar diss tracks? I'll walk you through a 101 of their 'beef' history, the allegations in their songs, which ones hold up, and more!

1:18 Thoughts on celebrity internet beef

6:48 Drake and Kendrick’s beef history

32:18 Diving into the Ozempic allegations

34:36 Millie Bobby Brown allegations

51:08 Blind items

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This week Susanna Vogel and I take a trip down memory lane with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. We discuss the books, movies, and the gossip and drama between the cast members!

0:00 Intro of the book and characters

7:26 Facts on the book

18:16 Casting of the movie

29:30 Fun facts

31:05 Gossip about the cast

43:17 Amber Tamblyn 

1:01:47 Alexis Bledel

1:05:49 America Ferrera

1:08:26 Blake Lively

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Today we explore the lesser talked about side of cosmetic work in Hollywood: what male celebrities are getting done. From the jaw, to the scrotum and more! We cover what male celebs are on record talking about, and what the internet alleges has been done, and more.

3:51 George Clooney 

7:50 Alec Baldwin

10:53 Joel McHale, Bobby Burke, Andrew Garfield

13:00 Tom Cruise

15:13 Joe Jonas

19:04 Rob Gronkowski 

21:24 Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise

24:25 Ryan Gosling, Simon Cowell, 

30:24 Christian Bale

31:35 John Stamos

32:33 Kanye West

37:20 Josh Hutcherson and Howard Stern

41:50 Gene Simmons

42:50 Male plastic surgery blinds 

47:09 Online male plastic surgery allegations

51:28 Steroid and HGH use

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The hilarious Bryanlicious joins me this week to talk about all things TTPD that gave us TTPTSD and more. We go over Taylor Swift's newest album track by track and analyze, speculate, joke and more!

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1:09 How Bryan started his Taylor Swift content

9:50 Original thoughts on TTPD

12:46 Fortnight

20:22 The Tortured Poets Department

26:16 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

28:35 Down Bad

33:50 So Long London

39:38 But Daddy I Love Him

43:50 Fresh Out The Slammer

46:58 Florida!!!

48:43 Guilty as sin

51:30 Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me

55:00 I Can Fix Him (no really I can)

56:06 loml

57:09 I can do it with a broken heart

58:22 The smallest man who ever lived

59:58 The alchemy

1:00:50 Clara Bow

1:01:57 The Black Dog

1:03:00 imgonnagetyouback

1:04:40 The Albatross

1:05:15 Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

1:07:14 How did it end?

1:10:26 So high school

1:12:54 I hate it here

1:14:40 thanK you aimer

1:18:00 I look in people’s windows

1:20:23 The prophecy

1:22:13 Cassandra

1:23:20 Peter

1:23:50 The Bolter

1:26:11 Robin

1:27:16 The Manuscript

1:29:40 Questions to wrap up

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Today we dive into food theories! From the food pyramid and the interests that changed what the pyramid was, to theories about nightshade vegetables (and celebrities that don't eat them) to junk food in the US compared to junk food in the UK, and more!

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2:52 The food pyramid is a lie!

19:30 Food industry executives find their way into the USDA

22:59 How stress and your mindset changes the affect food has on your body

29:26 Celebrities who don’t eat nightshades

39:27 Junk food in the US vs. UK

48:48 High fructose corn syrup and its different names

53:06 Ending on a positive note

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Today I dive into Dune 2! We cover the lore of this franchise, I give some thoughts on the movie, and then we talk about gossip surrounding the movie, the cast of the movie, and take a closer look at the two leads (in my mind) Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson.

0:00 Intro of Dune and facts about the movie

17:31 General Dune gossip

42:05 Rebecca Ferguson

52:40 Timothee Chalamet

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This week we're joined by Amanda Montell from Sounds Like A Cult to talk about her new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking. From thoughts and biases on stan culture, conspiracy theories, how we love nostalgia, and more!

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I had an absolute BLAST with Megan and Liz this week as they filled me in on the underbelly of the music industry. From working with pop music hitmakers Max Martin and Martin Johnson, to spilling tea about how some people get ahead in radio, we break down every question you've had about the music industry, industry plants, stars with the "It Factor" and more!

0:00 Intro and how YouTube “made” Justin Bieber celebrities

5:00 What it’s like to work with Max Martin

10:50 Working with Martin Johnson…and how he dated Taylor Swift

15:50 Industry plants

21:27 Musicians with the “it factor”

37:19 Artists with good and bad work ethics

40:56 Sleeping your way to the top in the music industry

44:06 How artists make money today

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Today I take a look at Drake Bell and Alexa Nikolas - Nickelodeon child stars who were both featured in the Quiet on Set docuseries - and how their lives were shaped by Nickelodeon, and what they did after leaving the network as a child star. 

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